A Null Hypothesis Is Not Rejected at a Given Level

question 26

Multiple Choice

A null hypothesis is not rejected at a given level of significance. As the assumed value of the mean gets further away from the true population mean, the Type II error will ________.

• A) increase
• B) decrease
• C) stay the same
• D) randomly fluctuate

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Definitions:

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